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People cheer the Bible, buy the Bible, give the Bible, own the Bible - they just don't actually read the Bible. — John Ortberg

Better to be a loving person without knowing how you got there, than an expert no one can stand to be around. — John Ortberg

To become truly free, you must surrender. — John Ortberg

You're a soul made by God, made for God, and made to need God, which means you were not made to be self-sufficient. — John Ortberg

Tithing is like training wheels when it comes to giving. It's intended to help you get started, but not recommended for the Tour de France. — John Ortberg

Someone who responds to "Please don't grope me" with whining and pouting isn't a friend. He's an asshole and a predator. — Mallory Ortberg

The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he's coming down. — John Ortberg

Ironically, the more obsessed we are with our selves, the more we neglect our souls. — John Ortberg

Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand. — John Ortberg

Somebody once said that the biggest difference between you and God is that God doesn't think he's you. In pain, we get very clear about not being God. — John Ortberg Jr.

My wife is one of the most extroverted people I know. She could out-talk Oprah and Joyce Meyer simultaneously. — John Ortberg

For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things he planned for us — John Ortberg

Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient. — John Ortberg

You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody. — John Ortberg

Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more. — John Ortberg

Jesus ... associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them. — John Ortberg

Some struggling marriages can be salvaged with hard work and counseling; others should be dismantled and stripped for parts. — Mallory Ortberg

Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much. — John Ortberg

We all want to feel spiritually vigorous, and we hurt when we don't. This pain is intensified for people who lead church ministries. — John Ortberg

Never try to have more faith - just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you'll trust Him. — John Ortberg

The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become. — John Ortberg

The disparity between the vision and the reality establishes a gap. And what fills that gap is strategy. — Nancy Ortberg

The soul is hidden in God's creating hand: 'In his hand is the soul of every living thing' " (Job 12:10). — John Ortberg

God has decided, for his own good reasons, that people are not transformed outside of community. — John Ortberg

Tenancy laws can be so complicated; I want to make sure OP is protected as much as possible. — Mallory Ortberg

I'm not sure ministry can ever have the urgency it requires if it is not aware of evil, both externally and internally. — John Ortberg

The one pair of eyes into which you can never gaze is your own. — John Ortberg

Prudence is foresight and far-sightedness. It's the ability to make immediate decisions on the basis of their longer-range effects. — John Ortberg

deliberately look for God in the ordinary moments of everyday life. — John Ortberg

Our only hope is not for more willpower; it is for a new set of habits. — John Ortberg